Aug 12th, 2017 · Comments Off on St. Clair River to be closed for Port Huron Float Down

A U.S. Coast Guard boat crew from Coast Guard Station Port Huron, Mich., stands by to provide assistance as needed at the start of the 2015 Port Huron Float Down(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Lauren Jorgensen)
PORT HURON, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard and multiple state and local agencies are advising the boating public that the St. Clair River is scheduled...

Teenagers who were left stranded in the St. Clair River when their raft deflated are transferred from a Canadian Coast Guard boat to a U.S. Coast Guard boat from Station Port Huron, Mich., Aug. 16, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Lauren Jorgensen)
PORT HURON, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, and multiple state and local agencies are advising the boating public...

CLEVELAND – Coast Guard crews across the Great lakes had a busy Operation Dry Water weekend, responding to more than 100 cases of mariners in distress, rescuing seven, assisting 133 and removing from the water 6 operators who were boating under the influence.
With the longer Fourth of July weekend coming up, the Coast Guard stresses the importance of boating safe and sober.
“Along with alcohol...

Aug 18th, 2014 · Comments Off on Coast Guard, St. Clair County Marine Division continue search for 19-year-old man in St. Clair River

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard and St. Clair County Marine Division divers are continuing to search the St. Clair River for a man who was reported missing Sunday afternoon.
Missing is 19-year-old Brady Morton, who was last seen in the upper St. Clair River, wearing gray shorts and red sunglasses, while participating in the Port Huron, Michigan, “Float Down” event.
After speaking again with...

Aug 17th, 2014 · Comments Off on Coast Guard, local agencies searching for 19-year-old man in St. Clair River after ‘Float Down’ event

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard and local agencies are currently searching for a man who was reported missing in the St. Clair River Sunday afternoon.
Missing is 19-year-old Brady Morton, who was last seen in the upper St. Clair River, wearing gray shorts and red sunglasses, while participating in the Port Huron, Michigan, “Float Down” event.
Just after 4 p.m., watchstanders at the Coast...

PORT HURON, Mich. — The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, and multiple state and local agencies are advising the boating public that a section of the St. Clair River will be closed to all motor vessel traffic between noon and 8 p.m., Sunday, due to multiple personal floats.
The area between Lighthouse Beach in Port Huron, Michigan, and Chrysler Beach in Marysville, Michigan, will be a designated...

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard assisted 3 boaters after their 20-foot boat struck a buoy on the St. Clair River near Marysville, Michigan, late Monday evening.
Just before 10:30 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Detroit received a call from a concerned citizen reporting that she had heard a loud bang that sounded like a collision near Stag Island and lighted buoy 58 on the St. Clair River.
Sector...

Jun 16th, 2014 · Comments Off on U.S. Coast Guard assists Canadian Coast Guard, rescues two from raft adrift on Lake Huron

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard rescued two women in a raft in Lake Huron near Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, Sunday night.
At 6:30 p.m., a search-and-rescue coordinator at the Coast Guard 9th District command center in Cleveland received a phone call from a representative at Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton asking for assistance in locating the two women. The women and their raft were reportedly...